Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

As part of its ongoing review and analysis of Florida’s property and casualty insurance market, Demotech, Inc. released its Financial Stability Ratings for Florida property insurance companies as of August 25, 2009. Insurers reporting financial stability enhanced by net catastrophe …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   News Service of Florida:  Plakon No Longer on Insurance Panel Rep. Scott Plakon just last week urged House Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Chairman Pat Patterson to bring …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:    Blog:  Rep. Plakon wants McCarty to explain ‘muddled, ‘conflicting’ information Another day, another elected official who wants some explanation from Florida’s Insurance Commissioner. To read State Representative Plakon’s …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Regulators Tangle With Think Tank Over Fla. Market Picture   A conservative think tank report challenging regulators’ picture of the Florida home insurance market is out of focus, according …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Hearing on Citizens Insurance Rates for 2010 Postponed A Florida hearing into rate changes for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for next year that had been scheduled for …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Coastal communities spared major damage from storms The coastal counties within the Big Bend were largely unscathed from the wind and rain damage Tropical Storm Claudette left in …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   CFO Sink Activates DFS Storm Line for Victims of Tropical Storm Claudette Florida CFO Alex Sink today announced that the state storm line has been activated to assist …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Editorial:  Discounts, or no deal for insurers A few years ago, Florida lawmakers offered a fairly sweet deal to the state’s property and casualty insurers.   NY Fines …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Insurance Agents Say State’s Home Mitigation Effort Is Failing Florida’s efforts to encourage homeowners to harden their homes to better withstand big storms by giving them insurance premium …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Taking On Citizens’ Policies Fuels Growth at Florida’s Homeowners Choice Florida insurer Homeowners Choice, Inc. reported that its net premiums nearly doubled to $19.6 million and its profit …